Well true. But you see blokes selling them for $300, even if they're only slightly used nowadays. Stores jack up prices. Apparently it performs a bit better than 2 4870 1GB's in CF, but still performance/price it's not worth it.

But you have to see that the 4870 and the X2 variant are both very good cards nonetheless. The 4870 still goes neck and neck with the GTX 260 216, and beat the old 260 hands-down. The X2 blew past the 280, and it didn't have as many microstuttering and internal-SLI (CF) problems as the 9800GX2.

Well true. But you see blokes selling them for $300, even if they're only slightly used nowadays. Stores jack up prices. Apparently it performs a bit better than 2 4870 1GB's in CF, but still performance/price it's not worth it.

But you have to see that the 4870 and the X2 variant are both very good cards nonetheless. The 4870 still goes neck and neck with the GTX 260 216, and beat the old 260 hands-down. The X2 blew past the 280, and it didn't have as many microstuttering and internal-SLI (CF) problems as the 9800GX2.

There's a reason why people sell them for cheap.... seriously. And I didn't start any arguments about the 4870, this is about the 5870X2/5970.

There's a reason why people sell them for cheap.... seriously. And I didn't start any arguments about the 4870, this is about the 5870X2/5970.

They may not be super refined, as in they can be loud, power hogs, but their performance stands on it's own.
I don't think anyone could expect anymore for the 4870x2, other than a better cooler. At this level of performance and price people tend to be willing to pay for the best. When the x2 came out it was, then Nvidia released the 295. It didn't matter if the x2 was almost as good, it wasn't the best, so it lost a lot of its value and buyers. Being the best warrants a price increase beyond what the performance dictates in many cases (sucks for us buyers though).

With the 5870 coming in at just over $400, I can't see anyone paying more than $250 to $300 for a 4870 x2 when they can have more performance, DX11 and greatly improved power consumption characteristics for not that much more with the 5870.